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Detailed Description

GNOME 3.6 continues to complete the GNOME 3 user experience in a number of areas.
The lock screen is replaced by a shell-style lock.
Online accounts gains support for SkyDrive and Exchange.
Application menus are used much more widely.
Input methods and keyboard layouts are supported as 'Input Sources'.

For detailed descriptions and designs of the features that are being worked on for GNOME 3.6, see the feature list.

Benefit to Fedora

Fedora stays in sync with upstream.

Scope

Keep existing GNOME packages updated

Package new applications and new dependencies of existing GNOME packages:

clocks

libpwquality

realmd

libzapojit

How To Test

Generic 'desktop testing' is always appropriate for a major new desktop version.

Specific testing for new features: TBD

User Experience

Overall desktop experience should be largely unchanged from F17.
Noticeable changes in the details: